Archive for June, 2009

Married To Christ

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Restraining, Motivating Grace

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A New Way Of Life

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Every Justified Sinner’s Sorrow

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The Law After Conversion

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The Promise Of God In Christ

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All Of Christ And All In Christ

Everything in true Christianity is built upon and centers around Christ crucified and risen again. This is why TRUE Christians cannot and do not differ over how God saves sinners. It is by His free and sovereign grace in the glorious Person of Christ who is God the Son in sinless human flesh (John 1:14), [...]

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A Short Study Of Romans 10:17

Believers sometimes ask for more faith and stronger faith. We must pray to God as faith is His gift to us through the Lord Jesus Christ. We must, however, realize that God does not give faith mystically, magically, or without means. The means of faith in its growth and continuance is the Word of God [...]

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Faith Comes By Hearing The Word Of God

Believers sometimes ask for more faith and stronger faith. We must pray to God as faith is His gift to us through the Lord Jesus Christ. We must, however, realize that God does not give faith mystically, magically, or without means. The means of faith in its growth and continuance is the Word of God [...]

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A Study Of Isaiah 53:6

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.”
(Isaiah 53:6)
We trust Christ our risen Savior who died on the cross to put away all our sins. All our sins, not one omitted, were laid upon [...]

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Iniquity Laid On Christ

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.”
(Isaiah 53:6)
We trust Christ our risen Savior who died on the cross to put away all our sins. All our sins, not one omitted, were laid upon [...]

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Iniquity Laid On Christ

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.”
(Isaiah 53:6)
We trust Christ our risen Savior who died on the cross to put away all our sins. All our sins, not one omitted, were laid upon [...]

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No Loopholes

Just before the death of actor W. C. Fields, a friend visited Fields’ hospital room and was surprised to find him thumbing through a Bible. Asked what he was doing with a Bible, Fields replied, “I’m looking for loopholes.”

Men often look for loopholes in the law to avoid paying taxes or to side-step the [...]

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Venture Your Soul Upon Christ

Oh, forget every thing that seems worthy in you, or done by you; and let all your triumphing and glorying be in the free grace of God, in Christ, and look upon yourselves only in that and all things coming to you, receive as flowing from that fountain only. And if you have more ability [...]

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A Study Of 1 Corinthians 15:10

“But by the grace of God, I am what I am”
1 Corinthians 15:10
Brethren, that which distinguishes us from the world can be summed up in one word – GRACE!
Now it is certain that most people who claim to know and love the grace of God do not know the reality of it, but that does [...]

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“But By The Grace Of God, I Am what I Am”

“But by the grace of God, I am what I am”
1 Corinthians 15:10
Brethren, that which distinguishes us from the world can be summed up in one word – GRACE!
Now it is certain that most people who claim to know and love the grace of God do not know the reality of it, but that does [...]

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A Short Study Of Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew. 5:3
So who then are the “poor in spirit”?
They are those who have been brought, by the life giving power of God the Holy Spirit, to know of their spiritual poverty – to know that they have nothing to pay, nothing to merit [...]

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“Poor In Spirit”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:3
So who then are the “poor in spirit”?
They are those who have been brought, by the life giving power of God the Holy Spirit, to know of their spiritual poverty – to know that they have nothing to pay, nothing to merit [...]

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A Short Study Of Romans 7:4

“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” (Romans 7:4)
One of the great and gracious results of our union with Christ by faith [...]

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Fruit Bearers, Not Fruit Producers

“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” (Romans 7:4)
One of the great and gracious results of our union with Christ by faith [...]

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A Short Study Of Romans 6:17

Romans 6:17
“But ye have obeyed from the heart”

This obedience is the obedience of faith in Christ and repentance of dead works that comes by the sovereign power of the Holy Spirit in the new birth. The “heart” is the mind, affections, and the will. It is the very center being of a person. This [...]

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Obedience From The Heart

Romans 6:17
“But ye have obeyed from the heart”

This obedience is the obedience of faith in Christ and repentance of dead works that comes by the sovereign power of the Holy Spirit in the new birth. The “heart” is the mind, affections, and the will. It is the very center being of a person. This [...]

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A Short Study Of Psalm 40:17

“But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.”
(Psalm 40:17)
One who seeks to justify doubts concerning his own salvation may reason like this – “I don’t doubt the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse me from [...]

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God Helps The Needy

“But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.”
(Psalm 40:17)
One who seeks to justify doubts concerning his own salvation may reason like this – “I don’t doubt the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse me from [...]

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God Helps The Needy

“But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.”
(Psalm 40:17)
One who seeks to justify doubts concerning his own salvation may reason like this – “I don’t doubt the power of the blood of Christ to cleanse me from [...]

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The Gospel

An excerpt from, “The Life of Faith” by William Romaine (1714-1795)
The Gospel, in the power of the Holy Spirit, uncovers unto a sinner the way of salvation contrived in the covenant of grace, and manifests to him what the ever blessed Trinity had therein purposed, and what in the fulness of time was accomplished. That [...]

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The Gospel

An excerpt from, “The Life of Faith” by William Romaine (1714-1795)
The Gospel, in the power of the Holy Spirit, uncovers unto a sinner the way of salvation contrived in the covenant of grace, and manifests to him what the ever blessed Trinity had therein purposed, and what in the fulness of time was accomplished. That [...]

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A Short Study Of Isaiah 55:1

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
(Isaiah 55:1)
Many of you may have heard or read the acronym of the word “GRACE” which goes like this:
G (God’s)
R (Riches) [...]

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Buying Without Money And Without Price

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”
(Isaiah 55:1)
Many of you may have heard or read the acronym of the word “GRACE” which goes like this:
G (God’s)
R (Riches) [...]

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At War And Yet At Peace

It is true that I have sin in me, but it is pardoned. God has forgiven me all trespasses. I stand before Him in my Redeemer, Who undertook for me, and I am perfect in Him. The Father chose me in His Son: He looks upon the face of His beloved, and sees me in [...]

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“My Grace Is Sufficient”

God’s grace is sufficient (more than enough) to save all His people in and by the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s grace is sufficient to redeem all His people in and by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and justify them completely based on His righteousness alone. God’s grace is sufficient to regenerate and convert [...]

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“My Grace Is Sufficient”

God’s grace is sufficient (more than enough) to save all His people in and by the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s grace is sufficient to redeem all His people in and by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and justify them completely based on His righteousness alone. God’s grace is sufficient to regenerate and convert [...]

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“Set Your Affection On Things Above”

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
(Colossians 3:1-3)
We have all heard it said that [...]

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The Believer’s Scapegoat

Christ is our spiritual scapegoat on whom all the sins of His people were laid, and He carried them into the land of forgetfulness, never more to return (Leviticus 16:21-22).
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity [...]

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The Lost Sheep Restored

Our first view of this peculiar people shall be in the place where God finds them. “My people,” He says, “have been lost sheep.” They do not become sheep by being found, nor do they cease to be sheep by being lost. They were sheep eternally in the mind of God; and their becoming lost [...]

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A Short Study Of Job 23:8

Job said, “Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; I go backward, but I cannot perceive Him.” (Job 23:8)
“I GO FORWARD.” Frequently believers are overtaken with this fault; and in saying this, I speak for myself. We come to the conclusion that because God has given to us a sweet revelation of Himself [...]

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Forward And Backward

Job said, “Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; I go backward, but I cannot perceive Him.” (Job 23:8)
“I GO FORWARD.” Frequently believers are overtaken with this fault; and in saying this, I speak for myself. We come to the conclusion that because God has given to us a sweet revelation of Himself [...]

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Total Fulfillment Of The Heart

Solomon wrote God:
“hath made every thing beautiful in His time: also He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
(Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Setting “the world in their heart” means that God has implanted in the heart of [...]

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Agony

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The Test Of Household Faith

The spirit of liberty, gospel freedom, sweet peace in the conscience, pardon and redemption is all in Christ, my friends. And if we are blessed with these spiritual blessings in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are safe and secure to all eternity. The soul that has a saving interest in Christ, the great Redeemer, is [...]

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The Test Of Household Faith

The spirit of liberty, gospel freedom, sweet peace in the conscience, pardon and redemption is all in Christ, my friends. And if we are blessed with these spiritual blessings in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are safe and secure to all eternity. The soul that has a saving interest in Christ, the great Redeemer, is [...]

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No Other Saviour

There is no other SAVIOUR but CHRIST to look to, no other MEDIATOR between God and men to make use of, no other PHYSICIAN of value for diseased and sin-sick souls to apply unto, no other FOUNTAIN but His blood for polluted souls to wash in and be cleansed, no other CITY OF REFUGE or [...]

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A Short Study Of Matthew 21:9

“And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”
(Matthew 21:9)
The word “Hosanna” means literally, “Save us now,” or, “Save, I beseech thee.” It is a Syriac word, and was the form [...]

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“Hosanna To The Son Of David”

“And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”
(Matthew 21:9)
The word “Hosanna” means literally, “Save us now,” or, “Save, I beseech thee.” It is a Syriac word, and was the form [...]

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A Short Study Of Romans 7:4-5

Romans 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, [...]

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Fruit Unto God Or Fruit Unto Death?

Romans 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans 7:5
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, [...]

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How Can God Justify The Ungodly?

God says it is an abomination to justify the wicked, and it is equal to declaring an innocent person guilty (Proverbs 17:15). God also says, “He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:” (Proverbs 24:24)

It is not right for us to declare wicked people [...]

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How Can God Justify The Ungodly?

God says it is an abomination to justify the wicked, and it is equal to declaring an innocent person guilty (Proverbs 17:15). God also says, “He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:” (Proverbs 24:24)

It is not right for us to declare wicked people [...]

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Avoid The “Self” Sins

The “self” sins are self-righteousness, self-pity, self-sufficiency, self-admiration, self-love, and I’m sure there are others. They dwell too deep within us and are too much a part of our fallen sinful human natures to come to our attention till the light of God in Christ is focused upon them.

How can we avoid these sins? [...]

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Rebuking In Love

Rebuke should always be administered in love. Never wash a disobedient child’s face in acid. Some people would burn down a house to get rid of a mouse. The smallest fault is treated as a great crime; and often a very fine brother is cut off from fellowship and bad feelings are continued, when a [...]

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A Study Of Proverbs 31:6

“Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.”
(Proverbs 31:6)
The wise mother of king Lemuel gave her son gracious directions when she spoke these words. It is when we begin to feel the misery into which we have been cast by sin, and thus [...]

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A Short Study Of Proverbs 31:6

“Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.”
(Proverbs 31:6)
The wise mother of king Lemuel gave her son gracious directions when she spoke these words. It is when we begin to feel the misery into which we have been cast by sin, and thus [...]

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Christ’s Great Work

What is His work?

The work which the Father gave Him to do; the work covenanted from before the world began; the work that shall crown Him with glory and honor for ever and ever; the work of fulfilling, of magnifying, and of honoring the holy law of God; the work of satisfying it and [...]

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God’s Call And Justification

“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”
(Genesis 7:1)

God’s call to Noah and his family to enter the ark was:
(1) THE CALL OF GRACE – “And the LORD said unto Noah” – The first thing [...]

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A Short Study Of Genesis 7:1

“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”
(Genesis 7:1)

God’s call to Noah and his family to enter the ark was:
(1) THE CALL OF GRACE – “And the LORD said unto Noah” – The first thing [...]

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God’s Call And Justification

“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”
(Genesis 7:1)

God’s call to Noah and his family to enter the ark was:
(1) THE CALL OF GRACE – “And the LORD said unto Noah” – The first thing [...]

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A Short Study Of Romans 8:14

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
(Romans 8:14)
To be “led by the Spirit of God” is to be led to Christ for all salvation, righteousness and eternal life. It is to be led in sorrow over sin and repentance, not so as to despair [...]

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“Led By The Spirit Of God”

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
(Romans 8:14)
To be “led by the Spirit of God” is to be led to Christ for all salvation, righteousness and eternal life. It is to be led in sorrow over sin and repentance, not so as to despair [...]

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Good Tidings

The word “gospel,” literally translated means “good tidings.” As God’s ambassadors we have the privilege to tell sinners who are trying their best to gain or maintain salvation by their religious attempts that Christ did ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING NECESSARY to obtain the salvation of ALL of God’s elect.

Christ fulfilled every legal requirement of God’s law [...]

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How Do We Pray?

Some people pray proudly so as to be seen and heard of men. They do this under the guise of claiming it is their witness before men. Others pray repetitiously thinking persistence with God will wear Him down and finally pay off. They do this under the guise of faith. Some pray despairingly with tears [...]

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How Do We Pray?

Some people pray proudly so as to be seen and heard of men. They do this under the guise of claiming it is their witness before men. Others pray repetitiously thinking persistence with God will wear Him down and finally pay off. They do this under the guise of faith. Some pray despairingly with tears [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 10

ROMANS 10:1-21

PAUL was fully aware that the doctrine of the sovereignty of God in the rejection of the Jews and the preaching of salvation to the Gentiles, would greatly offend his countrymen. He accordingly begins this chapter with an acknowledgment of their sincerity as actuated by a zeal of God; but before prosecuting the [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 11

ROMANS 11:1-36

IN this chapter the Apostle first denies that the whole of the nation of Israel was indiscriminately rejected, for, as he had already intimated, there was to be a remnant saved, and of that remnant he holds himself forth as a noted example. He then brings again into view the sovereignty of God, [...]

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The Bride For His Son

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Prayer And Fasting

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The Chequered Life Of A Christian – Preface

Having for about a week, at different times, found a desire to write upon a passage of Scripture, and seeing the leadings of providence without confusion in the attempt, I therefore proceed, begging the Lord to guide me into all truth; for He has made me know that without Him I can do nothing. May [...]

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The Chequered Life Of A Christian – Chapter 1

By purpose then, according to the Scriptures, I understand God’s predestinating a certain number of the children of men (known only to Himself) to obtain eternal life, and this out of pure love in a sovereign way, according to His own will and pleasure. This is the whole and sole cause. Now Paul is plain [...]

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The Chequered Life Of A Christian – Chapter 2

I come now to treat of effectual calling. There is an outward or general call, and this is very common to the children of God, as when a man is alarmed by his natural conscience, which makes dreadful work in some, or by bodily, or family afflictions, or by afflictive providences, or by hearing an [...]

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The Chequered Life Of A Christian – Chapter 3

Let us now come to the next general head, and that is, our loving God; “For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God; to them who are the called accord­ing to His purpose.” We are sure of this, that when man came out of his Maker’s hands he [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 12

ROMANS 12:1-21
HERE we enter on the second division of this Epistle, where Paul, according to his accustomed method, enforces the duties of believers, by arguments dependent on his previous exhibition of the grand and influential doctrines of the Gospel. These doctrines, as well as all the commandments of God, may be summed up in one [...]

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Why Parables?

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 13

ROMANS 13:1-14

CHRISTIANS having become the subjects of a kingdom which is not of this world, might be led to suppose that they were released from the ties of obedience to human authorities, especially such as were not Christians.
Far different is the doctrine here taught by the Apostle. He commands ‘every soul,’ both Jew and [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 14

ROMANS 14:1-21

Ver. 1. — Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye. — In this verse, and onwards to the 13th of the following chapter, the Apostle, as in the 8th and 10th chapters of First Corinthians, establishes the duty [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 15

ROMANS 15:1-33

Ver. 1. — We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
WE then that are strong. — The Apostle continues here to treat of the subject of mutual forbearance among Christians, raking himself with those who are strong in the faith, and who know [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Chapter 16

ROMANS 16:1-27
Ver. 1. — I commend unto you Phebe our sister , which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
I commend unto you Phebe. — Paul here introduces Phebe to the brethren at Rome. Letters of recommendation were unnecessary for those who derived their credentials specially from the Lord, and who [...]

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Exposition Of Romans – Conclusion

WE are now arrived at the conclusion of this most instructive Epistle, in which our attention is so forcibly drawn to the consideration of ‘the deep things of God.’ On the one hand, the unbending justice of the infinitely holy God is awfully displayed, appearing like the flaming cherubim which guarded the way to the [...]

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God’s Riches In Christ

“Proclaiming the Glory of God”
Have you ever really thought about God’s glory?
Based on biblical truth, could you define the glory of God?
Tragically, most people in modern religion have little concern for God’s glory, and, therefore, have absolutely no understanding of it either.
If you are ignorant of God’s glory, I can assure you, based on God’s [...]

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Motive Is Everything

When it comes to the true obedience of a justified sinner, motive is everything. Think about Saul of Tarsus.
What religious activities did he perform while in a state of lostness?
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; [...]

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“O, Wretched Man That I Am”

There is a vast difference between the view the self-righteous lost sinner has of himself and the view the saved sinner has of himself. The problem lies in natural man’s depravity which renders him totally incapable of discerning good and evil. For this reason, they judge those people who are moral, sincere, and dedicated to [...]

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“O, Wretched Man That I Am”

There is a vast difference between the view the self-righteous lost sinner has of himself and the view the saved sinner has of himself. The problem lies in natural man’s depravity which renders him totally incapable of discerning good and evil. For this reason, they judge those people who are moral, sincere, and dedicated to [...]

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Salvation By Grace Alone – A Life Or Death Issue

Lost unregenerate sinners left to their own natural reasoning will always come to the wrong conclusion concerning God’s way of salvation – “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 16:25)
What way seems right to sinful man?
The way of morality, sincerity, and religious [...]

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Seeking God’s Lost Sheep

One of the greatest privileges and responsibilities I enjoy as a justified sinner is to get to tell lost sinners of the full, free, eternal salvation worked out for EVERY ELECT SINNER (those sinners chosen before the foundation of the world by God the Father in the everlasting covenant of grace).

This salvation is through [...]

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Seeking God’s Lost Sheep

One of the greatest privileges and responsibilities I enjoy as a justified sinner is to get to tell lost sinners of the full, free, eternal salvation worked out for EVERY ELECT SINNER (those sinners chosen before the foundation of the world by God the Father in the everlasting covenant of grace).

This salvation is through [...]

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The Believer And God’s Law

When it comes to the correct understanding of a believer’s responsibility to the law of God, we must first realize that God’s Holy Law (the Ten Commandments) cannot bring ONE LEGAL CHARGE against a justified sinner – “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.” (Romans 8:33)
If [...]

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The Believer And God’s Law

When it comes to the correct understanding of a believer’s responsibility to the law of God, we must first realize that God’s Holy Law (the Ten Commandments) cannot bring ONE LEGAL CHARGE against a justified sinner – “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.” (Romans 8:33)
If [...]

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The Believer’s Reasonable Service

The true Gospel message is that the God of the Bible determined to save a multitude of guilty, deviled, hell-deserving sinners based solely on the blood and imputed righteousness of Christ alone, without any consideration of, or contribution from, those sinners Christ redeemed at Calvary.

When a man clearly and dogmatically proclaims this message, lost [...]

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The Believer’s Reasonable Service

The true Gospel message is that the God of the Bible determined to save a multitude of guilty, deviled, hell-deserving sinners based solely on the blood and imputed righteousness of Christ alone, without any consideration of, or contribution from, those sinners Christ redeemed at Calvary.

When a man clearly and dogmatically proclaims this message, lost [...]

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The Loosing Of Satan

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The Birth Of The Redeemer, Christ Jesus The Lord

When most religious people think about Christmas, their thoughts usually consist of those things traditionally associated with the holiday, i.e., the baby Jesus in a manger, the shepherds abiding in the field, and the wise men with their gifts for the Christ child. Now these things are historical truths and they are to be believed [...]

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The Birth Of The Redeemer, Christ Jesus The Lord

When most religious people think about Christmas, their thoughts usually consist of those things traditionally associated with the holiday, i.e., the baby Jesus in a manger, the shepherds abiding in the field, and the wise men with their gifts for the Christ child. Now these things are historical truths and they are to be believed [...]

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A Short Study Of 1 Peter 1:18-19

What exactly was the cost of REDEMPTION?
Before we can answer this question we need to understand what is meant by the term “REDEMPTION”.

In the original language the word “REDEMPTION”, as well as the root word “REDEEM” means “to redeem or liberate by payment of ransom” or “to buy out of a debt” (Vines Expository [...]

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The Cost Of Redemption

What exactly was the cost of REDEMPTION?
Before we can answer this question we need to understand what is meant by the term “REDEMPTION”.

In the original language the word “REDEMPTION”, as well as the root word “REDEEM” means “to redeem or liberate by payment of ransom” or “to buy out of a debt” (Vines Expository [...]

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The Cost Of Redemption

What exactly was the cost of REDEMPTION?
Before we can answer this question we need to understand what is meant by the term “REDEMPTION”.

In the original language the word “REDEMPTION”, as well as the root word “REDEEM” means “to redeem or liberate by payment of ransom” or “to buy out of a debt” (Vines Expository [...]

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The Elect, Holy And Beloved

When Paul wrote the epistle to the believers at Colosse, he made a very interesting statement which runs totally contrary to what is taught in modern day religion – “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, HOLY AND BELOVED, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.” (Colossians 3:12)
Can you even begin to [...]

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The Elect, Holy And Beloved

When Paul wrote the epistle to the believers at Colosse, he made a very interesting statement which runs totally contrary to what is taught in modern day religion – “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, HOLY AND BELOVED, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.” (Colossians 3:12)
Can you even begin to [...]

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The Elect’s Propitiation: Jesus Christ The Righteous

When most religious people speak about the death of Christ, their words reveal they have little or no respect for the holiness, justice, or the grace of God. They speak of Christ suffering, bleeding, and dying for ALL MEN AND WOMEN WITHOUT EXCEPTION, including those who at present are suffering eternal torment in hell. They [...]

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The Elect’s Propitiation: Jesus Christ The Righteous

When most religious people speak about the death of Christ, their words reveal they have little or no respect for the holiness, justice, or the grace of God. They speak of Christ suffering, bleeding, and dying for ALL MEN AND WOMEN WITHOUT EXCEPTION, including those who at present are suffering eternal torment in hell. They [...]

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The Eternal Love Of God For His Own

I was raised in religion and taught by well-intentioned individuals that “we were all God’s children,” that He “loved all men and women equally,” and that He wanted to and was trying to save everybody. They continually quoted John 3:16 and followed it up with Scriptures such as “God is love,” 1 John 4:16. To [...]

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The Eternal Love Of God For His Own

I was raised in religion and taught by well-intentioned individuals that “we were all God’s children,” that He “loved all men and women equally,” and that He wanted to and was trying to save everybody. They continually quoted John 3:16 and followed it up with Scriptures such as “God is love,” 1 John 4:16. To [...]

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The Hope Of Our Salvation

Our Lord and His Apostles were careful to place significant emphasis on the perfect satisfaction He would offer to God on behalf of all those He represented.

John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 6:39
And this is the Father’s will which [...]

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